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No. 489,253 Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HOLLELY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,253, dated January3, 1893.

Application filed June 21, 1892- Serial No. 437,453. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HOLLELY, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York,have invented an Improved Box, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved box for jewelry, handkerchiefs,gloves and similar articles, which is so constructed that the sides,ends and bottom are connected by means of a framework that is mountedupon the base and grasps the sides and ends.

The invention is intended more particularly to be applied to boxes madefrom glass, celluloid or similar material which is not adapted to bejoined directly and it consists in the various features of improvementmore fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved box. Fig. 2 a longitudinal section and Fig. 3 a transversesection thereof. Fig. 4 a plan of the frame 0. Fig. 5 a longitudinalsection of the post I).

The letter a, represents the base plate of my improved box.

a, a, are the sides and a a the ends. The base a, projects beyond thesides and ends and is provided near each corner with a perforation forthe reception of a post I), that is provided with a threaded foot I),and a threaded tip 12 (Fig. 5) that fits into tapped sockets of thepost.

0, represent metal frames, provided with a set of lugs c, and withradial perforated projections 0 at the corners. One of the frames 0, isplaced upon the base plate at, below the lower edge of the sides andends a, a while the other frame a, is placed upon the upper edge of suchsides and ends. The frames 0,

are held in place by means of the posts I), to which they are secured bymeans of the perforated projections 0 The lower frame is grasped by thepost at the juncture between post and foot, While the upper frame isgrasped by the post at the juncture between post and tip (Fig. 5.) Thelugs c, of the lower frame are bent upward and the lugs of the upperframe are bent downward to straddle the sides and ends a, a and thus allthe parts of the box are connected in a permanent and at the same timein an ornamental manner.

The lid a of the box is secured to one of the sides a, by means of aleaf hinge d. The

leaves are connected to the side and lid re V spectively by means ofscrews 01, passing through perforations in the side and lid andengagingtapped openingsin theleaves. Thus the lid is connected to thebody of the boxin a simple and effective manner. The knob e, of the lida is in a similar manner attached thereto by means of the screw 6. Toprevent the lid from coming into violent contact with the upper frame,any suitable rubberblockf, (Fig. 3) may be interposed.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a base plate with sides and ends, frames thatgrasp the edges of the sides and ends and have outwardly projecting lugsand with posts engagingsuch lugs and the base plate, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of a base plate with sides and ends set back from theedge of the base plate, frames that grasp the edges of the sides andends and have outwardly projecting lugs and with posts placed outside ofthe sides and ends and engage perforations in the lugs and the baseplate, substantially as specified.

' JOSEPH HOLLELY.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WM. 601mm.

